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Show THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO capital pueblo, but all the rest that may ask for and need thus and them, as well in the pueblos already inhabited as those which might hereafter be founded and peopled; so that all might have land to cultivate, upon which their flocks may graze and feed, it being just and of my royal charity to have a regard for the Indians, who, I am informed, suffer so much injustice and trouble in view of their being those who render more services, and enriching my royal crown and all my vassals; with which design, and seeing what in view of them and the said testimony and Laws ALi and XVIII of the Nueva Recopilacion de Indies, the acting-general of my said council of the Indies has said and alleged, I have thought it best to order and command, as by these presents I do, that in conformity with the ordinances which the Viceroy, cénde de on Esteban formed and decreed on the 24th of May. ae and the compiled laws referred to, that there shall e game and. assigned generally to all the Indian Pueb- los of New Spain for their farming lands, not only the ie hundred varas around the place of settlement, and : ese measured from the church, but from the farthest aera of the place, as well eastward as westward as north and south; and not only the said five hundred varas, but a grants the to made Don Captain-General Pueblo Paso, in 1689, are spurious. by Indians Jironza Domingo Governor Cruzate, and at Hl There can also be no doubt these that had this fact been known to Congress when action ‘Corants’’? were confirmed and later patented, such ‘‘grants, would not have been based upon the so-called copies of which I have given on previous pages. It is not to believed, however, that Congress would have refused confirm to the several pueblos their ‘“league’’ of oT The fact that each pueblo was entitled to a league 0 land seems to be beyond question, as many of the archives, ee petitions for other lands made to the several : ‘‘league and captain-generals, always recognize the to apt was there that appeared it whenever Indians the be a conflict as to boundaries. land After the organization of the court of private PRR these five hundred varas of land not only to the chief or ment or place, and not from the church.”’ This was a decree of Felipe II, originally, and was renewed by Carlos II. There seems to be small doubt today that the alleged LI El BPR El te uring them from the farthest limits and houses of the place, outwards by the four winds — thus five hundred varas east, as many west, north and south, leaving always the plat of the pueblos included as vacant place, giving varas more, and that these one thousand one hundred varas shall be measured from the last house of the settle- et as ee et Pueblos more varas of land as shall be necessary, without eet ee Indian as many limitation. ‘‘ And as regards the pasture land, it is my will and order that there shall not only be separated from the settlement and Indian places, the thousand varas mentioned in the said Ordinance of May 24, 1567, but even a hundred ee that such they ne to command and ee proper quantity, pa Pe thought might need lands to live upon and cultivate, should have given them not only five hundred varas, as the said ordinance provides, but whatever might be necessary, meas- larger more claims and the attorney for that court had become of officers, or less familiar concise form with the archives, signatures he came historical data, etc., aided by his able assistants, El Sow apc to the conclusion that every one of the us fo bearing the signature of Cruzate, Ojeda, and 41P M. Will Mr. by made was discovery This forgeries. eter ton, a recognized authority on such matters. 4 to a Mr. Tipton has prepared a resume 10 regard be prepared in re the ‘‘Pueblo Grants,’’ the first to and for that reason given here as follows: fe BA difficulties, losses, and a much Rd PE PAH . oe oe pe a t.-4~4—-9-9—-6— 5 rere a PEE rie ‘ rapes¢. x PePSS Sot toseteteretececectetece CELE RP tol f4nt Beh ct of the many apart ererar rire, es* on account injuries which thus befell these poor natives, it has been to set them Pare title xii, lib. iv de la Nueva Recopilacion de In- do, shall mark off and assign to the said place and settlements, — XVIII, dies; and hundred varas more, up to full six hundred varas; and should the place or settlement be more than ordinarily contracted, and should not seem sufficient for all, my Viceroy for New Spain, and my Royal Court of Mexico, shall take care, as I now charge and command them to otaeda etatetes understand the last five hundred varas by the four winds, which is arranged and commanded in the Laws XII and 477 tsti tote towns, which is what the Spaniards seek for and desire; and obtaining these thousand or five hundred varas, which have to be apart from the towns they measure from the church or public house (ermita) which the people generally have in the center of the place, and which happens to comprehend in them the whole plat of the town, whereby they lose what had been given to them, it being necessary to BLeee ee Pease Te weOPSee DesT De orakrsPe Nees ie and > eR houses i sloltatake! lost their Mee ee reper, have . a SE eek rad Indians > ee Ch bial eee Pe SOs miserable tor er5 the Pe LED 5 a 476 THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO Reese si Sac tea aikersasit ley CYP ave os th 54, +" j Ft BPR PEPE 5#8. ‘y oi ly |